Japanese preteens on the internet
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Recently goo Research published the results of a survey into internet usage by elementary school children in Japan.
Demographics
Between the 1st and 11th of October 2010 13,925 members of the goo Research monitor panel who were guardians of children of elementary school age completed a private internet-based questionnaire. No demographic information on the children was supplied, but the adults were 54.4% female, 1.1% in their twenties, 40.8% in their thirties, 53.2% in their forties, and 4.8% aged fifty or older. It is also not clear how guardians with multiple children completed the survey.
At least most of the children seem to be well-policed regarding their internet use, with the majority spending less than an hour online a week, and email and chat being less frequent activities.
Research results
First, the people who did not allow their children on the internet, namely 4,041 or 29.0% of the sample, were eliminated and the following questions posed to the remaining 9,884.
Q1: At what age did your child first start using the internet? (Sample size=9,884)
Up to two years old 0.9% Three to five years old 18.3% First year of elementary school 21.8% Second year of elementary school 12.0% Third year of elementary school 18.6% Fourth year of elementary school 16.0% Fifth year of elementary school 8.6% Sixth year of elementary school 3.8% Q2: How long does your child spend accessing the internet from a computer? (Sample size=9,884)
Less than 30 minutes a week 37.0% 30 minutes to 1 hour per week 26.1% 1 to 2 hours per week 15.3% 2 to 3 hours per week 8.8% 3 to 4 hours per week 4.6% 4 to 5 hours per week 2.7% 5 to 7 hours per week 2.4% More than 7 hours a week 3.1% Q3: What does you child do on the internet? (Sample size=9,884, multiple answer)
Play games 58.9% Search for hobby, entertainment-related information 52.8% Search for study, homework-related information 51.1% View web sites 30.8% Do online study 17.5% Gather local information 9.7% 3.8% Update own blog, web site 1.9% Participate in web communities such as BBS, SNS, blog, etc 1.8% Chat 1.4% Other 4.3% Q4: Does your child’s computer have filtering software, use a filtering service? (Sample size=9,884)
Yes, currently 25.8% Know about them but don’t use (to SQ) 57.3% Used to use but not now 4.1% Don’t know if it’s being used 7.8% Don’t know what filtering is 5.0% Those with one computer per child were more likely to have filtering set up.
Q4SQ: Why do you not use filtering software, a filtering service? (Sample size=6,066, multiple answer)
Not needed because I don’t think they are accessing bad pages 52.2% Inconvenient when adults want to use 21.0% Awkward to apply for, set up 14.8% Don’t know how to use it 9.9% Not free 8.0% Not needed so they can learn about all the internet 7.1% Don’t trust filtering services, software 3.4% Other 19.7% Q5: Has your child ever talked to you about something dangerous or unsettling they encountered using the internet? (Sample size=9,884)
Yes 3.3% No 96.7% Some of the bad things listed were getting defrauded or ganked in onlinbe games, people asking for real names in chat, scary movies on YouTube, fraudulent spam, accidentally registering for adult sites, seeing a movie with a child-oriented title but with inappropriate contents, breaking up with friends in online games, etc.
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